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ttrs. E. H. WinfltW peseed Toe* in Chicago. jfffleetfe Bofttr was * Chicago •!&- •Or last Friday. Miller was a Chicago vis- .ffcor last Friday. V Win. Simes was a Burlington; Wis., irlsitor one day last week. Mrs. Theo. Schiessle was a Chicago visitor tiie first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Thelen were Chicago visitors last Sunday. Miss Sadie Meyers of Elgin lis the guest of Miss Louise Stilling. Everett Hunter transacted business in the metropolitan city Tuesday. WARNER'S Rust-Proof Corsets LOUIS A.ERICKSON A FULL LINE OF v. 0 T. 1 O JOS. J. MILLER McHENRY, ILL. USE EARLY RISER Manufactured •'•#y the. iMJtm McHENRY Flour Mill Weft McHenry, I1L PAINT! How (Abut ypur painting and decorating this spring? We have the largest and best assortment of Paints, Kalsomines and Varnishes thane ver before. The prices range from |&00 per gallon up. - ; McHENRY, ILtpT ! Fall Term Begins September 2, 1919 It pays to attend the Ellis School, because of its reputation. You cannot afford to attend anything but the best. Fine equipment Expert teachers. The Ellis BusinessCollege Rippberger Bldg., north of Post Office. /ELGIN, ILL. PHILIP JAEGER GENERAL GOJlMISSiON MERCHAN^ srooaL Ansmoii OIVKM TO TH* HATJ OF Drcated Beef, riuttoa, Hogs, Veal, Poul|ry. Hide*, Etc., Butter and Eggs This is the oldest house on the street application. 1 STORAGE FREE Tags and price liate furnished on •taH i a a. PattM st. Wtilmli Market. CHICAQO, ILLINOIS. Gas Service Ideal At Preserving Time Houeewives appreciate their Cabinet Gas Rangeeripht thru the year--but there is no other time when the gas range is valued quite so highly u at preserving time. Just now hundreds of housewives are putting up their preserves, jams and jellies. Gas service is helping theilV daily in successfully accomplishing this annual task. ft Only by using a Cabinet Gas Range can you get tljt slow, low, even heat so necessary for the making of pet* feet preserves. , Only by using a Cabinet Gas Range < are you spared the bothersome hot and unpleasant ' work of carrying fuel, tending stove, etc. * yy }°" are not making your preserves on a Cabil 1 if®, Rang® you m more work to yc hooaeholA duties than is necessary--and the results are ^jJVWesterr)Ui)ited Gas ^.aod Electric Compaq 4&f D. M. WORKMAN, District kkn^ " r /. {!r ^ W F. G. SGHRElNBit l» Bank ButMtac TAfteM Thursday, August 14, 1919 L» v&fc. i-t- ' .-Mm ADDITIONAL PERSONALS F^ank Hovat of Elgin was a McHenry visitor Monday. Master James Eugene Frisby is spending the week as the guest of relatives at Austin. Geo. A. Stilling attended to business matters in Chicago Tuesday. J. C. Bickler was among the Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. George Stoffel was among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. Dr. N. J. Nye was a professional visitor in the metropolitan city Tues day. Carl' Nelson of Elgin was a week end guest in the home of McHenry friends. C. G. Berner attended to matters of a business nature in the metropolitan city. Wm. Claxton was among those to board the Chicago train last Friday morning. Frank Zuelsdoif of Kenosha, Wis., spent Sunday and Monday with his family here. Postmaster and Mrs. T. J. Walsh and son, Richard B., motored to Chicago last Sunday. Mrs. A. Wolff returned Sunday from a two weeks' visit with her daughter in Elgin. Miss Marion Hancoek of Chicago passed the week end as a guest of Miss Edith Petesch. S. J. Frazer of Chicago Was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth. Misses Alta and Sophia Wentworth are spending the week as guests of relatives and friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Chas McArthur and daughter, Ruth, of Elgin spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. A. Wolff. Miss Bertha Schlosser of Chicago passed several days this week as a guest in the home of Mrs. A. Wolff. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hoelscher and son, Robert, of Wheaton were Sunday guests in the M. A. Sutton home. Miss Esther Stoffel of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of,, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel. Wm. Howard and Miss Anna Weber <rf Woodstock spent Si£day as guests of McHenry relatives and friends. Miss VirginiJi Thompson qf Barreville passed last week as a guest in the home of her aunt, MB. Clara Starritt. Miss Marion Schumacher of Chicago is a guest in the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Schumacher. * Alderman and Mrs. Wm. OToole and Judge and Mrs. Sullivan of Chicago were guests of McHenry friends last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Britton and daughter of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of Mr and Mrs. E. S. Young. Mrs. Ed. Larkin and daughter, Lucile, of Elgin passed the week end as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sutton, accompanied by Misses Mabel Powers and Lillian Harrington, motored to Elgin last Saturday. Mr. and ' Mrs. Earl Brown and daughter, Harriet, of Woodstock spent the first of the week with McHenry relatives. Miss Marion McOmber of Chicago is spending the. week as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McOmber. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Kane and two daughters of Tuscaloosa, Ala., are guests of relatives and friends in and around McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Westfall of Chicago is spending the jveek as guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. Rothermel, Misses Marie Moritz and Elizabeth K. Miller and Henry Weber motored to Burlington, Racine and Kenosha, Wis., last Sunday afternoon. Ralph Van Natta of the Great Lakes Naval station passed Sunday as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Van Natta. Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas are visiting at Lake Jordon, Mich. They accompanied Mr. and Mrs. William Belcher of -Woodstock to that place last week. , Mrs J. Vasey and Miss Alice Perkins of Yorkville, 111., were guests in the home of their brother, James T. Perkins, and family - the latter part of last week. ^ Mrs. Blumerithal, Mrs. Pouse and Mrs. Ehrenwerth of Chicago are spending the week as guests of Mrs. A. L. Weber at the Buettner cottage on Fox river here. Mrs. Anna Brecht and daughter, Margaret, have returned to their home at Cedar Rapids, la., after a pleasant visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Petesch Mrs. John Blackstone and daughter, Ella, and Mrs. John Wise of Crown Point, Ind., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McOmber at Jonell cottage on Fox river Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Fegers and daughter, Gretchen, left the first of the week for their home at Keokuk, la., after spending a pleasant few weeks as guests of relatives here and in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Teddy Gar ball, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gandette of Chicago; Mrs. Wm. Wheeler of Burlington, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rhodes of Kansasville, Wis., were recent guests at Peltzer's "Hickory Lawn" on Fox river. & Notice of Sale of Jteal Estate Alford H. Pouse, Atty. By virtue of an order and decree of he County Court of McHenry County, Illinois, made on the petition of the undersigned, Charles B. Harmsen, Administrator of the Estate of Jacob M. Hoyt, deceased, for leave to sell the Real Estate of said deceased, at the August Term, A. D. 1919, of said court, to-wit: on the 4th day of August, 1919. Notice is hereby given, Tftiat on Saturday, the 13th day of September next, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 6 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, to-wit, 2 p. m., at the Village Hall in the Village of McHenry, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, the following' described real estate belonging to the estate of Jacob M. Hoyt, deceased, to-wit: Commencing at a stake which stands in the center of Center street and One (1) chain South of the Northeast corner of out lot number Five (6) in West McHenry, and running thence South along the center of said Center street, two (2) chains to a stake; thence North eighty-two and three-fourths degrees West (82% degrees W) four chains and three (3) links to a stake; thence North two (2) chains to a stake; thenCe South eighty-two and three-fourths degrees East (82% degrees E) four (4) chains and three (3) links to the place of beginning, containing four-fifths of an acre, more or less; subject to a trust deed of $400.00; situated jn the Village of McHenry, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, a ltd certain real estate in the city of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, described as follows, to-wit: Lot number forty-four (44) in Block number three (3) in Weage, Eberhart and Bartlett's subdivision of the Southeast quarter (SE%) of the Northeast quarter (NE^i) of Section number two (2), Township number thirty- nine (39) North, Range nitmber thirteen (13), East of the Third Principal Meridian, in the city of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois; subject to encumbrance of $1200.00; also lot number forty-five (45) in Block number three (3) in Weage, Eberhart and Bartlett's subdivision of the Southeast quarter (SE %) of the Northeast quarter (NE hi) of Section number two (2), Township number thirty-nine (39) North, Range nipnber thirteen (13), East of the Third principal meridian, situated in the city of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois; being subject to all encumbrance of $500.00. The property first above described and located in McHenry County, Illinois, will be sold subject to the widow's right of homestead, and all of the above described property will be sold subject to the widow's right of dower. Will be sold to the highest and best bidder. Terms of Sale: Cash, 25 per cent to be paid on day of sale and the balance when the deed is delivered. Charles B. Harmsen, August 4, 1919. Administrate** Additional Personal Harry Farley was a Chicagq visitor Tuesday. 1 Wm. Pries transacted business in Chicago Wednesday. James Overton of Elgin is a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton. Miss Mary Walsh is spending a few days as the guest of friends at Harvard. Jas. Walsh of Chicago was the guest of relatives here for a few days this week. Mrs.' Jos. Vogt of Grayslake spent Sunday as a guest in the Math. Glossen home. Mr. and Mrs. Theo. L. Grot and children of Ottawa, 111;, were visitors in town Sunday. Mrs. James Green and 'son, Wm., passed last week as guests of relatives in Chicago. Chicago 5foch wa SALE--My improved 120 situated near Lily Lake. M. L. Worts, McHenry, HI. FEDERAL Electric Washing Machines Ever see one work? Its middle name is simplicity. AH that is necessary is to put in some soap, run in some water, put in the clothes and then just look on. The machine does die rest. Sold On Monthly pymeii^, •&.W down frats a federal in your House -- Public Service Co. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR SALE--The C. H. Parks house and property on the corner of John and Center streets in West McHenry. C. W. Stenger, West McHenry. 39-tf FOR SALE--A five passenger Briscoe touring car, in good running order. Inquire of John Sterbeoz, West McHenry-. Phone Crystal Lake 139-J-2. 9-it* FOR SALE OR RENT--The Northwestern hotel building in West McHenry. Inquire of or write C. W. Stenger, West McHenry State Bank; West McHenry, 111. 8-tf Geo. Parker of Whiting, IndT, spent a few days this week as the guest of McHenry friends. Lyle Dowie of Woodstock is spending several weeks in the home of his aunt, Mrs. E. R. Sutton. Miss Flossie Conway of Harvard passed several days last week as the guest of McHenry friends. Exhibit Your Live Stock -AT THE--2- AT WOODSTOC£ Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Alii 26 78-9.19 ,--THREE DAYS OF---* Fast Harness Races Entries are coming in rapidly and promise a fast * bunch of horses Base Ball Gaines Wednesday, Thurs., Friday Good Free Attractions It's Your County Fair Threshing will be done and you have the finest and biggest corn crop in sight for many years past. Take a few days' vacation and let's have an old-fashioned round up at the Fair this year. Everybody is coming so you cannot afford to stay away. A big week's program is in preparation. F. J. Green H. E. Morris President Secretary Ed. and Thos. 0*Neil of Chicago are spending a few days in this village. WANTED--Acre or lot on Fox river for cash. Address B, 817 N. Parkside, Ave., Chicago, 111* 9-lt* Master R. J. Sutton is spending few days as, the guest of relatives in Chicago. ' 1 FOR RENT--Farm, 160 acres, for $700.00. Inquire of Jacob M. Diedrich, McHenry, 111. Phone 631-W-l. FOR SALE--Mare, nine years old, weight 1400 lbs. Has colt by side. Inquire of Leo Regner, Ingleside, 111. 7-3t* FOR SALE--A new Winchester repeating, hammerless, 20-gauge, • 25- inch barrel shot gun. Inquire at this office. 9-2t* FOR SALE--The John A. Smith estate farms, one of 169 acres and one of 145 acres. S. H. Freund, McHenry, 111. 3 FOR SALE CHEAP--A gasoline engine for boat in A-l condition. Henry Ahrens, "West McHenry, HL Phone 63-J. 4-tf TOMATOES FOR SALE--Place your order at once and we will deliver as they ripen. Henry Buchert, West McHenry, 111. 9-4t* FOR SALE!--Forty acre improved farm, only $145 per acre, two miles from Wauconda, 111. Simon Stoffel, West McHenry, 111. 8-4t FOR SALE--A few , pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock pullets and cockerels. Inquire , of Robt. Thompson or phone 53-R. 9-lt* WANTED--Small acreage of. improved or unimproved land, improved preferred. Have cash purchasers. Ben Stilling, McHenry, 111. 49 FOR SALE--A quantity of winter seed wheat. Tested 62% at Spencer's mill. Inquire of N. M. Bowers, McHenry, 111, Phone 627-R-l. 9* FOR SALE--The 8-room house of Mrs. Emma Martin and two lots on Fox river. Call on Mrs. J. P. Weber, McHtenry, 111. Phone lOl^J. 9-tf Gash and Carry Specials! xi'r+. Lima Beans, c«ii. ._l.__15€ Catsup, 10 oz.^ 15c Pumpkin, No. 3 can__..15e Early June Peas, can.-.!5c Baked Beans, am _ Jle JOHN STOFFE^ AND SATURDAY. AUG. iTawi !i Tomato Soup, can Fruit Jars, quarts, ctet.__t8e Fruit Jars, pints, doz.__. .90c Yuban Coffee, per lb.---45c Fancy Japan Tea, He feWEST McHENRY m:.-. to Legislate < Swift & Company is . primarily an organization i-; ef men, not a collection ,|of brick, mortar, and . machinery,* • Packing Plants, their equipment and useful- "liess are only outward symbols of the intelligence, life - long experience, and right purpose ^ !W the then who compose ; the organization and of those who direct it. Will not Government dfrec- , $on of the packing industry, oow contemplated by Congress, v take over the empty husk of ' physical property and equipment and sacrifice the initiative, experience and devotion of these aaen, which is the life itself of ^Ihe industry? , What legislation, wliat potftfcal adroitness could replace such life and brains, once driven out? Let at tend you a Swift "Dollar." It will interest you. Address Swift ft Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111. Swift & Company, U. S. A. 341 4S% v MbdiMuMt) rms SHOWS rWHAT BECOMES OF7 THE AVERAGE DOLLAR RECEIVED BY rSWlFT & COMPANY1 FROM THC SALf Of MEAT AND SV PRODUCTS •» CENTS IS MIO FOR THE LIVE ANIMAL tt.M CENTS PON LABM (KPEMSCS AND FttlMT t.O« CENTS REMAINS WITH ^ SWIfTIi COMPANY AS MM THE UNIVERSA"L CAR i^he Ford one-ton truck may well be Glassed as an agricultural necessity, it fits Into and fills so many wants on the farm. It is a reliable bearer of farm burdens, not only doing the work of s e v e r a l h o r s e s quicker and better than the horse, and does not "eat its head off" when not working The aggressive farmer has only to consider the possibilities of the Ford truck and he is ready to buy one. We judge this to be so from the way fermacs are buying them. The Farmer's Truck STAR GARAGE KMX, Prop. » t - i \ **,